Melbourne is awash with great ways to fill any gap in your knowledge, with classes teaching everything from butchery to brining, with curing, cakes, spices and salami all on the menu.

The long nights and cold weather provide the perfect opportunity to brush up your skills or learn some new ones. Here are our picks for some of Melbourne’s best courses to do this winter.

Spice Bazaar Cooking School - Seddon

Spice up your life

What: “They are hands on, fun and engaging,” says Patrick Aldred, of the cooking classes he and his partner Jill run at Spice Bazaar in Seddon. “People have an absolute ball, and take away heaps of new skills.” The cooking school, which the duo has run for the past 4½ years, grew out of their spice business (“Moroccans come to us for their ras el hanout!”) and it’s those spices you’ll learn to use in such themed classes as Sri Lankan cooking (July 4), Moroccan Cuisine (July 26) and Exotic Persian and Middle Eastern menu (July 25).

Where: Spice Bazaar, 79 Victoria St, Seddon> When: Throughout the yeaR

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